Pleurostylis.] 



XXXIX. CELASTRINE^. 



453 



(i) p. Wightii Wight and Arnott Prodr. 157; Wight Ic. 155; 

 Lawson, I.e. i. 617. 



Leaves elliptic to lanceolate obtuse, narrowed at both ends, 

 glaucous beneath; nerves numerous fine, 2'5 in. long, i in. wide; 

 petioles 'i in. long. Cyme i- or 2-flowered, •! in. long. Fruit 

 ellipsoid *2 in. long. Hah. Woods in the north. Penang, Batu 

 Feringhi (Curtis). Lankawi (Curtis). Disirib. Mascarene isles and 

 S. India. 



Fig. 44. — Elaeodendron subrotundum. 

 9. ELJEODENDRON, Jacq. fil. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite crenate or entire. Flowers 

 small in axillary branching cymes. Calyx 4- or 5-cleft. Petals 

 4 or 5 spreading. Disc cupular. Stamens 4 or 5 ; anthers sub- 

 globose. Ovary continuous with disc, 2- to 4- or 5-celled; ovules 

 2 in a cell; style very short. Drupe i- or 2-celled indehiscent, 

 cells I- or 2-seeded. Species 40, all tropics. 



(i) E. subrotundum King, I.e. 356. 



Small stout tree 20 to 30 ft. tall, Leaves coriaceous ovate or 



